Romanized Reading: Inari Jinja
English Translation: Inari Shrine
Size: Medium
Deity: Inari
Fox Count: 3
First Visit: 8-May-2018
Location: Nikko
Address: 1 Chome-379 Inarimachi, Nikko, Tochigi 321-1411
A fox shrine that we should find near the end of our first day in Nikko, while walking home from dinner. It is, befittingly, located in a part of town known as Inarimachi (稲荷町 "Inari Town"), which also features a big Inari park. Note that this shrine is sometimes written as 正一位稲荷神社 (Shouichii Inari Jinja "Highest Ranking Inari Shrine"). Basically, this is because Inari is one of the highest ranking deities in Shintoism, so this is more like a honorific that does not directly factor into the shrine's actual name. Specifically, I've seen it with several shrines where the name is written in multiple places (plaques, billboards, etc...) that the 正一位 is sometimes there and sometimes not, so I am reasonably certain it is not an actual part of the shrine names, which is why I learned to ignore it.
Anyway, a pair of life-sized stone foxes watches over this shrine, with the right one bearing a kit, thus bringing the vixen side count to 9:30.
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